Alex Ayre of Northern Stars has made a short film about Dance City alumni and BBC Young Dancer 2015, Connor Scott.

It has been featured by Random Acts and Channel 4 as part of First Acts. This is part of an exciting initiative between Arts Council England and Channel 4, which works with and develops 16-24 year old film makers, helping them to produce shorts that will be chosen for the strand.

The Brink – In a mix of home movies and shore-side routines, we follow award-winning dancer Connor Scott as he tours the venues and places that shaped him as a person and a performer. Directed by one of the North-East’s most exciting young filmmakers, Alex Ayre whose short documentary films touch on the themes of locality, and fame in a small community settings.